Woah. Nothing could have prepared me for this weekend. I never knew that our capital city was such a beautiful place. Not only has the weekend been such a breathtaking experience in the expressive arts side of it all, but I feel like I've learnt so much about myself and the people I usually spend every waking day with. I felt comfortable talking to every single person on the trip this weekend, and I don't think anyone felt out of place. If you just step back and look how far our year has come, it's pretty darn awesome. So thanks everyone for making the whole trip such an AMAZING experience.
So back to what happened..
Day 1
We arrived in LDN about.. 2 o'clock. Literally dumped our stuff in the (may I mention) BOILING hotel and went straight out to the National Portrait Gallery. The artwork there is UNBELIEVABLY realistic and so much so it literally looks like photography. I never knew you could paint glass until that moment. Haha!
So then after that we went and got dinner in Lescester Square (I think) and had the most GORGEOUS chinese noodles from this noodle bar. SO yummy! Anyways! After that we went to THE WEST END. I KNOW! Hahaha! We went to see The Lion King. Although I was split from the majority of the girls (who were sitting in row E), Maddy, Sadie, Stevie & me got the best seats ever. Row A UPPER CIRCLE. :) Anyways! So no joke, one of the best theatrical productions i've ever had the fortune to watch! Such such SUCH a good show. The actors were sensational and the costumes were SO pretty! :)
We all then decided that London was so beautiful at night that we wanted to walk half way home and catch the tube the remainder back to the hotel. Silly as I am, I decided I HAD to shower (as I made VERY clear to the girls) when we got back to the hotel. I actually ended up in bed at around 1-1.30. But with all the memories of an AMAZING first day. :)
Day 2
By far the best day! SATURDAY BABY! Okay, so it didn't start off AMAZING. I woke up totally sweating because it was SO stuffy this weekend. Bloody weather in this country. Anyways, I go downstairs for breakfast at about 7.45am and there's a stupidly long queue..
All the girls sort of look from side to side like *great* but we decide to queue in the line that smells like buttery waffle. But oh well! Once we got breakfast it was yum! So then after breakfast everybody met up to go to Tesco to buy lunch. (I know this day is sounding crappy but trust me, it gets better!) Okay, so after all the palava we get the coaches to the V&A museum. It was SO good! The stuff there is awesome! I did a sketch of a folding chinese screen. & It was so pretty :). (Thankyou Nickie & Stevie for both sitting through half an hour of me sketching). After V&A (Which had an awesome shop actually), we went to Tate Modern. We totally had fun copying these dramatic interperate dancy group thing and it looks so cool! Then we went to this hall and with Mr. Barber up taking pictures, we all spelt out (with our bodies) '2009 London Arts Trip'. I didn't think it was going to turn out but it totally did! Looked REALLY good on camera too!
After Tate it was a boat trip around London. Which was SO hilarious! It started Thundering & Lightening.. and we all decided it would be a great idea to stand in the mother fucking gap with all the rain. :) Hahaha! It was pretty cool though! Although we ended up covering the boat because it was too much rainy-ness (not a word :)). I was SCREAMING due to my fear of lightening. HAAHAHAHA! SO FUNNY!
After ALL of this, we made it to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. We were to see 'As You Like It', but it was pretty hard to hear & we had pretty shite seats, so although I didn't really understand the play, the actors were really good! & the theatre itself was a real sight. Such a good replica of the original. Once the play ended it was around 10.30. & we once again decided to all walk to the tube.. around half an hour - forty five minutes from the Globe, it was the best walk I've EVER had. We were all singing, jamming, laughing etc & when we reached Millenium Bridge there were some amazing views. Even a fire lantern thingy was set off. So pretty-ful (also not a word). We continued walking, and just as if it couldn't get any better, we came across a piano. It had writing on it, which said 'Play me, I'm yours'. Needing NO further encouragement, and with what seemed like the whole group able to play piano, we spent a further hour just singing, swaying & enjoying all our talented students & their talent. :) I was so proud to be part of the group right then. :) Nice one guys! :) So then we finally got back to hotel. Most enjoyable day ever. :)
Day 3.
Although the shortest, probably the most shocking days of the three. We all awoke slightly later today, because we had a lie in. :) After checking out of the rooms, we went to Covent Garden. We literally spent HOURS looking around the shops, and I could have stayed there for SO much longer if I had been given the chance to. Although, that wasn't what was strange. It was.. roughly 1hr 30 mins until we had to be back with the main group to go back home, and this women & two blokes approached us. Btw, that's Loz, Maddy, Hly, Jess, Bex, Ru & me. They asked us (OMG!) If we wanted to be extras in an MTV music video thing for this 17 year old girl singer. Okay, so at this point, I want to point out the fact that we are from DEVON, and this NEVER EVER happens to us. Haha! So we all with our doubts replied 'YES!', like anybody would. Haha! Then we get led, 5 minutes down the road in London, where we don't even know where we are, to this 18+ club called 'The Red Room'. We get in there & there are a load of Gangster men & this young girl & a few other people, with LOADS of recording equipment & cameras etc. EVERYONE looks at each other like 'OMG' and we all just stand there. It was so wierd. But they all started arguing, bouncers saying we didn't look '16' and the girl saying she was embarassed that they were arguing in front of us etc. So we got led outside and the women was obviously waiting for it to blow over os we could go back in. But by this point all of us didn't even WANT to be there anymore. Because tbh, anything could have happend & although it was genuine it just wasn't where we were supposed to be and was SO out of our comfort zone. So I told them we were going to go & they were like 'ahh ok'. & So we went. PHWOAR. That's the story. IT was SO wierd. But it taught me so much about myself. I was SO sceptical and protective over all the girls :|. & I totally didn't believe I went with them. It could have so easily not have been genuine and something could have happened. I was like WOAH when this all hit me. But yeah, haha! That's that.
Woah, so that's the London trip covered. An AMAZING weekend. I love everyone who went. :)
Oh, one last thing. Um, Betty? I don't believe you're going. I've known you years now. & although we aren't the closest, I'm GUTTED you're leaving. So a MASSIVE shout out kay babes? I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU! :) Life & soul of EVERY party and EVERY group. I wish you the best in everything you end up doing/being. You're going to be SO damn amazing one day! :)
So that's it. All done. What a weekend. I love you all. Sorry it was so long. But yeah. It's how we like it.
Until soon yeah?
Kat.
P.S. Just read this blog over. I apologise for the spelling mistakes :) LY. Kat.
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